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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to UVa undergrad and Chicago Booth for my MBA. Post MBA, I worked for McKinsey in Chicago.  [b]There were more UVA undergrad hires (business analysts) from UVA than UC in the Chicago office. 
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If your kid wants to go back east after college, UVA Comm school and/or Echols is better.  U of C is definitely a nerdy environment.  "Where fun goes to die" is the joke. Two different places to be sure, but can't go wrong with either.  If money is an issue, choose UVa. If not, let the kid choose.[/quote]

I'm not surprised.  After 4 years enjoying Chicago, a good number of the business oriented UChicago kids are being heavily recruited by NY and SF and they're excited about that.  Kids tend to want to experience different places in their 20s.  I can see why a UVA kid would love to try out Chicago and a UChicago kid would want to head to the coasts.  [/quote]

Unless things have changed greatly in the last few years there are few Chicago grads working in NY firms compared to their peers at other big schools (why SF? That's Silicon Valley). Chicago is a big place and post-collegiate is always a very different experience than undergraduate, even in the same city. The simple truth is that historically Chicago undergrad has not placed as many kids in the finance/business world. It wasn't that kind of school. [/quote]

Historically that is very true but times have changed for the University in the last 5 years.  The campus is filling with Prep school kids who are supported by one of the largest if not largest career counseling offices in the country.  In fact there is a special track for business.  Between that, the finance and consulting clubs and the support the kids are getting from Booth alumni in addition to UChicago alums (admitted fewer due to the history but they did very well) placement has really changed.  DC and friends have had meaningful internships since freshman year without our help.  [/quote]

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